6 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MARRAKECH
The 6 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MARRAKECH starts and ends there. The trip highlights the most interesting tourist spots.
The excursion starts in Marrakech and goes to the High Atlas. It overnights in the Dades Valley and sees the Ouarzazate Cinema Studio and Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah.
Next, explore the Toudra Gorges and spend two days in Merzouga. A fascinating day of desert exploration on a camel.
Before arriving in Casablanca, you will cross the Middle Atlas Mountains to reach Meknes and Volubilis, a UNESCO monument. The trip concludes in Marrakech.
Itinerary:
6 DAYS DESERT TOUR
Day 1: From Marrakech to Ouarzazate – Dades Valley
Our driver will pick you up from your Marrakech hotel and take you to Dades Gorge in the morning. Climbing the Tizi-in-Tichka pass (2260 m) in the high Atlas Mountains, stop to photograph Berber settlements and enjoy the view.
The Kasbah of Ait Ben-Haddou, a UNESCO world heritage site featured in Game of Thrones and Gladiator, will be our afternoon destination. It is famous in Morocco. The Atlas Film studio in Ouarzazate is visited after lunch at a Kasbah.
Lawrence of Arabia, The Jewel of the Nile, The Mummy, Kingdom of Heaven, Asterix & Obelix, Mission Cleopatra, and others were shot here. Take a short walk to Morocco’s most beautiful defense, the Kasbah of Taourirt.
Next, we’ll travel through the Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs, the Skoura Valley, and the Roses Valley, noted for its rose water and small distilleries. This goes to Dades Gorges. You’ll stay at a Dades Valley hotel when we reach late afternoon.
Day 2: Dades Gorge – Todra Gorges – Merzouga (Erg Chebbi):
Explore the magnificent Dades Valley before heading to the Sahara Desert after breakfast. Through lush Dades Valley, abounding with palm trees and farms. Toudgha Gorges, 300 meters high, will be Tinghir’s first stop. Moroccan families and rock climbers frequent the river. You can see the river before our trip. Lunch at Tinjdad is scheduled. Experience Jorf village’s subterranean irrigation.
Then they visited fossil-rich Arfod. The Merzouga Desert follows. This trail spans the stunning Erg Chebbi dunes. The biggest North African dunes. How quickly they rise from dry flooring is amazing. You may travel the sand dunes of Erg-Chebbi on a camel.
A steep slope offers a stunning sunset. Photograph the sunset before going to the desert camp. After a great supper, local nomads will perform Berber music beneath a clear sky. The campers remain overnight.
Day 3: Merzouga-Midelt-Ifrane – Fes:
Today, get up early to enjoy the desert morning. Return to Merzouga by donkey after breakfast. you’ll meet our driver and go to Fes. Locals sell food, livestock, and traditional costumes at the Rissani market, the first stop. You may explore the neighborhood here. Our next stop is Erfoud, known for its preserved cliffs.
Joint fossils are our first destination. Our next stop is Ziz Valley to photograph its broad vistas. Lunch will be on schedule for Midelt. We’ll photograph the Cedarwoods bush monkeys in Azrou later. To travel to Fes, take Ifrane (“the Switzerland of Morocco”). Our driver will drop you off to your Fes Medina hotel.
Day 4: Fes, Meknes, Volubilis, Rabat and Casablanca:
After breakfast, our driver will pick you up at your Fes riad. Then drive to Meknes. Early stop: Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with Roman ruins.
Photograph the amazing mosaics, sculptures, arches, and columns that have only been partly explored with a local guide. Meknes, with its beautiful medina and stunning doors like Bab Mansour, a massive mosaic gate, and the Heri es-Souani complex, which used to be stables and food stores, is the second stop.
Continue to Sultan Moulay Isma’s tomb. Our next stop is Rabat’s Hassan Mosque and Tower. These 1200s buildings were incomplete when the Caliph died.
Mausoleums honor Mohammed V (1961) and Hassan II (1999), recent Moroccan rulers. Enjoy the Moroccan statues and Zelig tilework. After, explore Oudaias Kasbah. We leave late in the afternoon for Casablanca. Hotel stay.
Day 5: Casablanca to Marrakesh:
Rabat, Morocco, is your destination after breakfast. Hassan II Mosque is near the Atlantic Ocean. The mosque has hand-made tiles and plaster sculptures, typical of Moroccan Islamic architecture. Before we depart for Marrakech, you may wander along the Corniche and see the Atlantic.
The afternoon is free to explore Marrakesh and Djeema el Fna Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site. There are water, paint, snake charmers, and story sellers. Visit Morocco’s largest traditional souk. Craftsmen have worked with wood, metal, and spices safely there for years. Night at a hotel or Riad
Day 6: From Marrakech to the airport
Our driver will take you to the airport today, depending on what time you need to leave. This is the end of our services for your trip to Morocco.
6 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MARRAKECH VIA FES
Included
- Private A/C Vans or 4×4 vehicles
- Fuel
- English speaking driver.
- Pick up & Drop off at your accommodation
- Typical hotels, Kasbahs, Riads
- Camel ride Per each
- Overnight in a traditional nomad tent
- All breakfasts
Excluded
- Lunches
- Drinks
- Entrance fees
- Tipping Driver and Guides
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